Silo ladder



July 10, 1923. 1,461,291

F. M. REINHART -S ILO LADDER Filed Aug. 2. 1922 Patented July 10, I923.r

' UNITED STATES PATENT OF-FIQE. 1

mnors 'M. REINHART, or'nunoLPH, WISCONSIN.

SILO LADDER.

Application filed August 2, 1922.

State of WVisconsm, have invented a new and.

useful Silo Ladder, f which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to silo ladders constructed for use in connectionwith silos which employ hoopsor bands to maintain the contour ofthesilo.

The object of the invention is to provide a ladder made in separateunits so constructed as to be detachably and easily mounted on andremoved from the silo hoops.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view which will appear as'thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts'and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of a silo with thisimproved invention shown applied, and

F ig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the ladder unitsdetached.

In the embodiment illustrated, a silo l of any ordinary staveconstruction is shown having hoops 2 which encircle the staves 3 and areheld by adjusting devices 4 which may be in the formof turn buckles orthe like.

Attached to the hoops 2 or to as many of them as may be desired areladder sections which comprises a pair of substantially triangularshaped members 11 and 12 each constructed of heavy strap iron with theend 13 thereof lapping one of the side members 14 and secured thereto byriveting as shown at 15. These members 11 The side bars 14 ends withsockets Serial No. 579,153.

and 12 are provided at their upper ends at one corner with outwardly anddown-1 wardly turned hooks 1 6 whichare designed to engage the hoops 2of the silo to retain the ladder section in operative engagement. areprovided attheir other ends 19 of a cross, rod 20, said ends fittingsnugly within the sockets and being secured by riveting as shown at 21.The bases of the triangular members are positioned at right uprightbars'14'anjd form" angles to the treads 18 to support a person using,the ladder.

. When the members 11 and 12 are 0011-. nected by the cross rod20, theywill be held rigidly in spaced relation and the en-, 'gagement oftthehooks 16 with the-hoops bars 14 to rest and hold the ladder sectionsecurely in position.

. With a ladderof this construction, the

2 of the silo 17 to receive the'fiattened independent sections or units10 may be to be deher corner arranged 70' pensive enabling accessto thevarious hoops i parallel and spaced laterally to form sockets with across rod having flattened ends fitting and claim the foregoing as myown, I have'hereto affixed my signa rigidly secured 1n said sockets.

